Influx of hotels in the Fashion District, Renee Zellweger sells UES pads … and more

1. Fashion District counts 19 new hotels since 2005 [NY1]2.Renee Zellweger sells two UES apartments for $8.95M to actress Leelee Sobiseski
[NYT]3. Strange circumstances return Comfort Diner to East 45th Street
[Crain’s]4. Mayor Bloomberg will challenge the Census Bureau on its city results
[NY1]5.Fort Hamilton Library to reopen Monday after three years of renovation
[Brooklyn Paper]6. Malba, located under the Bronx-Whitestone bridge in Queens, is among the borough’s wealthiest neighborhoods [NYT]7. Crime is way down in Manhattan and that’s helping bring families back to NYC
[Bloomberg]8. City Council member Alan Gerson leads group to block developers from purchasing the former St. Vincent’s Hospital campus
[WSJ]9. The GDP grew at 3.1 percent in Q4 2010, higher than the 2.8 percent growth initially estimated [CNN]10. Mara’s Homemade, an East Village restaurant, blames newly-installed bike lanes for closure [Gothamist]